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Dominic Velasco

Hello from Manila Philippines

Glad to part of this community. I come from a country dominated by Roman Catholic Church and atheism / agnosticism is not yet widely accepted. Are there any Filipinos here in the forum ?

Started by Dominic Velasco in Welcome to Think Atheist 35 minutes ago.

Misty: Mo's Pitbull!

WTF, Iran? 5 Replies

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/iran Will Deliver 'Punch' to World Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will deliver a “punch” that will stun the Western world during this…

Started by Misty: Mo's Pitbull! in Political Zoo. Last reply by Reggie 59 minutes ago.

Josh Grams

Introduction to Ethics? 1 Reply

Can anyone recommend a good introduction to secular theories of ethics?  I've been poking around the web for a couple of hours, and there's obviously lots of stuff out there.  Almost too much, in fac…

Started by Josh Grams in Atheist Ethics & Morals. Last reply by Gregory Scott 1 hour ago.

Kirk Holden

Texas Theocracy - Gov. Rick Perry S\/CKS this week 5 Replies

Three pieces of bad news for supporters of quality education and opponents of the looming Christian Theocracy inTexas: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1) Gov. Rick Perry turns down $700 M "Race…

Tagged: S\/CKS, Perry, Rick, Gov.

Started by Kirk Holden in Church & State. Last reply by Kirk Holden 1 hour ago.

Skycomet

Atheism, Not a Choice? 50 Replies

Most if not all theists believe atheism to be a choice. To them it is something you can choose to accept or reject. Therefore, to the typical theist, if you become an atheist, you have chosen to be o…

Started by Skycomet in Theist Arguments & You. Last reply by Nick Noe 1 hour ago.

Brutus

You're only anti-religion because of a bad experience. 11 Replies

Over at Democraticunderground someone told me that I was reflexively against religion due to a bad experience in my life.  He also said that I had a 2nd grade understanding of Christianity and discou…

Started by Brutus in Theist Arguments & You. Last reply by Brutus 2 hours ago.

Misty: Mo's Pitbull!

Natural Health Solutions, Corrupt FDA and more.. 52 Replies

I know this probably belongs in the Skeptics group, but I wanted it open for all replies. So what do you think? Natural healing bogus? Our health care system actively participating in a conspiracy to…

Started by Misty: Mo's Pitbull! in Science: Evolution, Cosmology, Medicine etc.. Last reply by Dave G 4 hours ago.

doone

A great answer to the "No Atheists in Foxholes" Canard 6 Replies

This is a great quote and observation by  "For most of his 84 years, Milton "Just call me Chris" Christian has avoided the limelight. Yesterday, all eyes were on him, as the World War II combat veter…

Tagged: No Atheists in Foxholes, Canard, the, to, great

Started by doone in Theist Arguments & You. Last reply by Thinks4Herself (Deb) 8 hours ago.

Reason

Bible prophecy: Proof that Facebook is the Antichrist! 1 Reply

All in good fun, of course, don't panic...but it seems the End Times are here! Biblical proof that Facebook bears the Number of the Beast! http://shrinkify.com/1pcb

Tagged: times, humour, end, prophecy, Antichrist

Started by Reason in Open Forum. Last reply by Kirk Holden 10 hours ago.

Michael

What Came 'Before' the Big Bang?

Interesting theory that accounts for dark energy as gravity leakage from brane interaction. Source: http://endlessuniverse.net/ http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/ngt1000/ What Came 'Before' the Big Ban…

Started by Michael in Science: Evolution, Cosmology, Medicine etc. 11 hours ago.

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101 Contradictions in the Bible

1. Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?

    * God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
    * Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)

2. In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?

    * Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
    * One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

3. How many fighting men were found in Judah?

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Created by Morgan Matthew Nov 8, 2008 at 4:07am. Last updated by Morgan Matthew Nov. 8, 2008.

A lecture by Richard Dawkins

Religious people split into three main groups when faced with science. I shall label them the "know-nothings", the "know-alls", and the "no-contests". I suspect that Dr John Habgood, the Archbishop of York, probably belongs to the third of these groups, so I shall begin with them.

The "no-contests" are rightly reconciled to the fact that religion cannot compete with science on its own ground. The

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Created by Morgan Matthew Jul 30, 2008 at 7:09pm. Last updated by Morgan Matthew Jul. 31, 2008.

Compare prayer to a lucky horseshoe

The dictionary defines the word "superstition" in this way:

An irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. [ref]
We have all seen plenty of superstitions. There are the supersContinue

Created by Morgan Matthew Aug 20, 2008 at 4:04am. Last updated by Morgan Matthew Jan. 9, 2009.

 

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Wesley

Thou Shalt not suffer a theist to live

Lets not turn into what we despise.



Religion will not be overcome by WAR... by hangings or burnings.....by limiting a persons freedom to believe what they wish.



Religion must be defeated by reason and logic and goodness and justice that are 'better' than what they are offering.



Its doubtful that it will ever be eradicated altogether, but its possible that it might eventually evolve into something helpfull and based upon the natural instead of the s

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Posted by Wesley on February 8, 2010 at 10:05pm — 1 Comment

Pinko Commie

I'm an atheist who loves me some holidays

So I'm the kind of person who gets excited by things like yarn and ribbon and hot glue guns, embossing tools, ink and stamps and all of that. I craft. I'm crafty. Craftasaurus Rex. It kind of makes sense that I would really enjoy holidays - all kinds of holidays - because holidays are a great reason to get busy making things. I love Xmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Fourth of July, all the big ones. I even like to celebrate lesser known holidays - Earth Day (though this one hardly counts as I was b… Continue

Posted by Pinko Commie on February 8, 2010 at 6:35pm — 2 Comments

Johan de Haan

The end of Justified Theism

Justified Theism is a misleading term in that it denotes that theism can be justified, when clearly, even at the height of theistic influence in the western world none of the religious claims that were presented could be considered as justified in the objective sense. Nevertheless, the force of all religious thought has traditionally been its ability to provide, or proport to provide answers to life's fundamental questions.



Traditionally this justification extended to all spher

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Posted by Johan de Haan on February 8, 2010 at 6:18am

Martin Pribble

All Natural - From Atheist Climber Blog

“The unnatural, that too is natural.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


We often hear the squaring-off of the “natural” versus the “unnatural”;

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Posted by Martin Pribble on February 8, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Nix Manes

"Secular" Bible Classes To Claim Bible "Blueprint" For Constitution

There is a national group called the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools that is pushing for what they call "secular" bible classes for our nation's public schools as an elective. There are several stories in recent months about these classes being approved. (A recent one can be found here.)




However, a look at… Continue

Posted by Nix Manes on February 7, 2010 at 8:00pm — 8 Comments

Martin Pribble

Confused ramblings and attempts at justification

I pass a church every day on my way to work which has a new billboard on it every month. I have blogged about it in the past because I have found the messages to be confused. But the newest one is an example of cherry-picking and twisting of other people's quotes in an attempt of self-justification, and it is awful! See the article about the billboard's justification below:

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Posted by Martin Pribble on February 7, 2010 at 6:19pm — 5 Comments

Nelson

Sunday School FEB 7, 2010

let's get right to it!

Jerry Coyne calls out New Scientist for once again irresponsible coverage of idiotic evolution critical tripe.

tiny galaxies reveal how the first stars formed.

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Posted by Nelson on February 7, 2010 at 5:26pm — 10 Comments

Shasta McNasty

What did my parents do wrong?- or how to lose something you never had

So being this is my first blog post here, i've decided to talk about a pretty familiar subject, me. More specifically, my life and lack of faith in a deity. I was raised in a very christian family. My mother is a woman of great faith, and she tried to raise her 3 children the same way. I received the standard dose of christian rhetoric until the age 17, when i stopped attending. I had gotten a job and i started to lie about what hours i worked to get out of going to church. I cant be too certain… Continue

Posted by Shasta McNasty on February 7, 2010 at 4:38pm — 4 Comments

natheist

Concerned xtian email

FIRST SHE SAID THIS:


i have taken note that all of your quotes are from the old testament. As stated earlier, you are not taking these quotes in context and balance. I can make the bible say that "there is no God" But, taken in context it states that "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God". The one thing you didn't answer was what is love, truth, etc.

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Posted by natheist on February 7, 2010 at 2:08pm — 13 Comments

Larry Lawson

CAN AN ATHEIST "NOT" BE A SKEPTIC??

I keep running across "atheists", here and on other atheist sites, who appear to be 'skeptical' only in regard to religion.


Some are total 'believers' in various philosophies that can only be described as 'mystical'.


Some have become followers of AGW (Anthropogenic Global Warming) without being able to show any data which might apply to such an opinion; preferring instead to send questioners to propaganda sites, also without data.


So


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Posted by Larry Lawson on February 7, 2010 at 2:00pm — 18 Comments

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